Amphitryon (film)
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Director Reinhold Schunzel Production Universum Film AG Language German | 7/10 Genre Comedy, Fantasy, Musical Duration Country Nazi Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast (Jupiter / Amphitryon), (Amphitryons Gemahlin Alkmene), (Jupiters Gemahlin Juno), (1. Freundin Alkmenes), Vilma Bekendorf (2. Freundin Alkmenes), Annie Ann (3. Freundin Alkmenes)Release date 18 July 1935 (1935-07-18) Similar movies Reinhold Schunzel directed Amphitryon and Victor and Victoria Tagline Aus den Wolken kommt das Glück |
Amphitryon is a 1935 German musical film. Written and directed by Reinhold Schünzel, it is based on plays by Molière, Plautus, and Heinrich von Kleist, which in turn are based on Greek mythology.
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The film is known by a variety of other names: Amphitryon – Happiness from the Clouds, Amphitryon – Aus den Wolken kommt das Glück in Austria, Amfitryon in Greece, Anfitrione in Italy, Det gudomliga äventyret in Sweden.
Amphitryon was filmed in Ufa-Atelier, Neubabelsberg, from 2 February 1935 – May 1935. It was one of UFA's many multiple-language version films: a French version, Les dieux s'amusent (The gods are having fun), was shot at the same time.
Amphitryon walzer hoch aus den wolken kommt das gluck
Synopsis
Amphitryon is a Theban general away at war. The god Jupiter disguises himself as Amphitryon to seduce Amphitryon's wife, Alkmene.
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